title: Fluoxetine-induced sexual dysfunction.
abstract: Of the first 60 patients treated at our clinic with the antidepressant fluoxetine, 5 (8.3%) developed treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (anorgasmia and/or delayed orgasm). Three of those 5 patients had a history of treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction while receiving other antidepressant agents. Clinicians should be aware of this side effect of fluoxetine.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychopharmacology Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Brotman
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biederman
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009948:Orgasm / Q000187:drug effects*; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D005473:Fluoxetine